Tag: Iran

Iran demands Western coronavirus aid one day after proxy militia kills two Americans in Iraq

Joel Gehrke · March 12, 2020 1:30 pm

US troops killed and injured in rocket attack on Iraq base

Zach Halaschak · March 11, 2020 8:11 pm

In this Feb. 28, 2020 photo, released by official website of the Office of the Iranian Vice-President, Senior Vice-President Eshaq Jahangiri, left, listens as Minister of Health and Medical Education Saeed Namaki speaks at the Headquarters of Prevention and Combating the Coronavirus, in Tehran, Iran. Jahangiri and two other Cabinet members have contracted the new coronavirus, semiofficial Fars News Agency reported Wednesday, March 11, 2020. The vast majority of people recover from the new virus.

Iranian vice president infected with coronavirus

Zach Halaschak · March 11, 2020 6:08 pm

Pedestrians cross a street as one of them prepares his face mask in western Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020. Iran is preparing for the possibility of "tens of thousands" of people getting tested for the new coronavirus as the number of confirmed cases spiked again Saturday, Health Ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour said, underscoring the fear both at home and abroad over the outbreak in the Islamic Republic.

UN calls on Iran to ‘release all prisoners’ during coronavirus outbreak

Zach Halaschak · March 10, 2020 6:38 pm

Dozens of Iranians die from bootlegged alcohol after rumor spread it could stop coronavirus

Madison Dibble · March 10, 2020 5:22 pm

National Security

Judge finds Iran responsible for Robert Levinson kidnapping in $1.5B lawsuit

Jerry Dunleavy · March 10, 2020 1:52 am

Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, right, speaks with Cuban President Miguel DÃaz-Canel, center, as Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi listens in their meeting in Tehran, Iran, on Monday, Dec. 4, 2023.

‘Biologic war’: Former Iranian president says coronavirus was ‘produced in laboratories’

Zach Halaschak · March 9, 2020 8:25 pm

Pedestrians cross a street as one of them prepares his face mask in western Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020. Iran is preparing for the possibility of "tens of thousands" of people getting tested for the new coronavirus as the number of confirmed cases spiked again Saturday, Health Ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour said, underscoring the fear both at home and abroad over the outbreak in the Islamic Republic.

Coronavirus epidemic in Iran: The US must do more

Washington Examiner · March 6, 2020 6:35 pm

No end in sight

Elizabeth Tsurkov · March 5, 2020 8:12 pm

How the Iranian regime’s allies are calling the shots in Washington

Bradley Martin · March 5, 2020 4:12 pm

A Hezbollah supporter uses her mobile phone to takes a picture of slain Iranian Revolutionary Guard Gen. Qassem Soleimani during a ceremony marking the anniversary of the assassination of Hezbollah leaders, Abbas al-Moussawi, Ragheb Harb and Imad Mughniyeh and the end of a 40-day Muslim mourning period for slain Iranian Revolutionary Guard Gen. Qassem Soleimani, in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2020. Nasrallah said U.S. President Donald Trump declared war on the Middle East when the U.S. assassinated Soleimani and when the White House announced its plan to end the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. He called on all to resist U.S. influence and its troops presence.

National Security

Pentagon linguist charged with espionage for passing secrets to man linked to Hezbollah

Jerry Dunleavy · March 4, 2020 8:49 pm

Beltway Confidential

Iran takes nuclear threat to the next level

Tom Rogan · March 3, 2020 11:32 pm